fabricar Negative Imperative Conjugation
fabricar — to manufacture
Negative commands always use the 'qu' spelling change: no fabriques, no fabrique, no fabriquemos, no fabriquen.
fabricar Negative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Negative Imperative
Use this to tell someone not to manufacture or produce something.
Notes on fabricar in the Negative Imperative
Every form of the negative imperative for fabricar requires the 'qu' spelling change to keep the 'k' sound.
Example Sentences
No fabriques nada sin mi permiso.
Don't manufacture anything without my permission.
tú
No fabriquen más de lo necesario.
Don't manufacture more than necessary.
ustedes
No fabriquemos ese modelo antiguo.
Let's not manufacture that old model.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using the affirmative form 'no fabrica' for a command.
Correct: no fabriques
Why: Negative commands must use the subjunctive forms, not the indicative.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: fabrico
Fabricar is fully regular in the present tense: fabrico, fabricas, fabrica, fabricamos, fabricáis, fabrican.
Preterite
yo: fabriqué
Fabricar is regular except for the 'yo' form, which changes to 'fabriqué'.
Imperfect
yo: fabricaba
The imperfect of fabricar is regular: fabricaba, fabricabas, fabricaba, fabricábamos, fabricabais, fabricaban.
Future
yo: fabricaré
The future of fabricar is regular: fabricaré, fabricarás, fabricará, fabricaremos, fabricaréis, fabricarán.
Conditional
yo: fabricaría
The conditional of fabricar is regular: fabricaría, fabricarías, fabricaría, fabricaríamos, fabricaríais, fabricarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: fabrique
Fabricar undergoes a spelling change from 'c' to 'qu' in all forms: fabrique, fabriques, fabrique, fabriquemos, fabriquéis, fabriquen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: fabricara
The imperfect subjunctive of fabricar is regular: fabricara, fabricaras, fabricara, fabricáramos, fabricarais, fabricaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: fabrica
The imperative uses 'fabrica' (tú) and 'fabrique' (usted), with a spelling change in most forms.